GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 826 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.06.2019 KHAMGAON-JALNA RAIL LINE †826. SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV: Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state: (a) whether 26 crores of rupees have been allocated for construction of Khamgaon-Jalna new rail lines in Buldhana district of Maharashtra State in the budget of 2017-18 and survey report has been submitted to Railways during the year of 2012-13; (b) whether 3 thousand crores of rupees have been allocated to construct the proposed Khamgaon-Jalna new rail line in capital investment programme of 2016-17 in the rail budget on 25th February, 2016; (c) if so, the details thereof; (d) the updated position of the said railway project; and (e) the time by when construction works of this rail line is likely to be completed? ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL) (a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House. ***** STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 826 BY SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 26.06.2019 REGARDING KHAMGAON - JALNA RAIL LINE (a): An updating survey for new line from Khamgaon-Jalna (155 km) was completed in 2011-12. As per survey report, cost of Khamgaon-Jalna new line was assessed as `1027 crore with Rate of Return of (-) 4.26%. Due to unremunerative nature of the project, huge throwforward of ongoing projects and limited overall availability of funds, this project could not be taken forward. (b) & (c): Further, Khamgaon-Jalna (155 km) new line project was included in Capital Investment Programme 2016-17 at an anticipated cost of `3000 crore in anticipation of State Government coming forward to take up the project through Joint Venture but Maharashtra Rail Infrastructure Development Limited (MRIDL), a Joint Venture Company of Government of Maharashtra and Ministry of Railways has not yet identified this project for taking up under Joint Venture mode. (d): However, a Reconnaissance Engineering-cum-Traffic Survey for this new line has been sanctioned in the month of February, 2019. Survey work has been taken by Railway. (e): Does not arise. ***** .